Dr. Patricia Martinez Garzon
Haus
D,
Raum
420 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Funktion und Aufgaben:
Leader of "Slip Transients" working group within Section 4.2
PI of ERC-Starting Grant QUAKE Hunter (from March 2023)
co-PI of GFZ Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) Turkey
PI of Helmholtz Young Investigators Group SAIDAN (from January 2018)
Sub-topic Speaker within PoF-IV program, Topic 3.2 "Detection of preparatory phases of hazardous events"
Wissenschaftliche Interessen:
- Physics of earthquakes: how do they initiate, propagate and stop
- Deformation mechanisms on faults, (particularly on transform faults)
- The interplay between seismic and aseismic deformation and how does it affect seismic hazard
- Characterization of the stress field
- Fluid-induced seismicity (geothermal and hydrocarbon reservoirs, CO2 storage)
- Integrating experimental work to better understand our observations from natur
- Reservoir geomechanics
More information on www.saidan.org
Karriere:
September 2010:Physics Degree (five years degree).
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
June 2011:
Master in Geophysics and Meteorology (two years).
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
Final Master Thesis: “Dynamic deformations from seismicity near the Itoiz Reservoir, Northern Spain”.
July 2014:
PhD at GeoForschung Zentrum Potsdam GFZ in the frame of the HAI program.
Thesis title: Seismo-mechanical reservoir characterization from fluid-induced seismicity
Supervisor: Prof. Marco Bohnhoff
September 2014 - December 2017:
Postdoc at GeoForschung Zentrum Potsdam GFZ in the frame of the Helmholtz Postdoc Programme
Since January 2018:
Principal Investigator of the Helmholtz Young Investigator Group "SAIDAN: Seismic and Aseismic deformation in the brittle crust: Implications for anthropogenic and natural hazard"
Since March 2023:
Principal Investigator of the ERC-Starting Grant project "QUAKEHUNTER: Real time monitoring of earthquake nucleation for faults near urban areas"
Projekte:
- SAIDAN:Seismic and Aseismic Deformation in the brittle crust: from Anthropogenic to natural hazard
- Helmholtz Postdoc Programme: "Earthquake Hazard due to reservoir stimulation: A geomechanical study linking hazard and induced seismicity".
- Induced seismicity at The Geysers geothermal field: Analysis of spatiotemporal variations in the seismicity and stress field related to fluid injection and extraction.
- Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI): Analysis of induced seismicity related to CO2 storage and laboratory experiments on CO2 saturated samples.
- Geophysical Observatory North Anatolian Fault (GONAF): Participation in management and field drilling work.
Wissenschaftliche Gremien:
Since January 2021: Associate Editor of Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid EarthAuszeichnungen:
May 2014: Best Student Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America (SSA), Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 2014 : Robert Helmert Price: Best Dissertation of the Year Award by the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the GFZ Potsdam